公元800年,一支舞队从中国的西南部出发,到唐朝首都长安进献歌舞。舞队不但舞艺出众,而且所穿的舞衣画满鸟兽草木,缤纷绚丽,在繁盛的长安城引起了轰动,亦被记入史册。这些光彩照人的舞衣,出自一项中国传统手工技艺——扎染。经过千年传承,扎染技艺依然活跃于中国民间。云南大理白族聚居 In AD 800, a dance team set out from the southwest of China to offer song and dance to the capital of Chang’an. The dance team is not only superior in dance, but also dressed in costumes full of birds and plants, beautiful and colorful. It caused a sensation in the prosperous Chang’an City and was also recorded in the annals of history. These glamorous clothes, from a Chinese traditional manual skills - tie-dye. After a thousand years of tradition, tie-dye techniques are still active in Chinese folk. Yunnan Dali Bai people